Wheat was the most widely spread and esteemed cereal
not only in medieval Bulgaria but all over the Balkans as well. Byzantine,
Venetian and Genoese documents from the 11th – 14th centuries
give evidence that Bulgarian grain was exported through the Black Sea ports
predominantly to Constantinople but Italian merchants traded Bulgarian wheat to
more distant ends of Europe.
People used to start wars for wheat and it was
considered strategic raw material.
Bread reaches the table after a long, hard and full of
uncertainties labour. Bread is sacred and that is why it was considered a sin
to throw away even the crumbs.
What was the bread of the Bulgarians like in the
Middle Ages and how was it prepared?
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